Who we are

Focused in the Midlands, the UK’s heart of automotive innovation, Midlands Future Mobility is developing the environment that will play a crucial role in shaping the transport sector.

Funded by industrial partners and Government, as part of the wider Zenzic initiative, Midlands Future Mobility will play a crucial role in accelerating technological progress, establishing the UK’s presence in the autonomous vehicle market and contributing to the UK’s Industrial Strategy.

Midlands Future Mobility (MFM) offer services from initial virtual development, to real-world trials and market deployment. We work with companies both large and small, in long-term strategic projects or for short-term testing and validation.

We work with you to develop deployment maps for implementing mobility solutions.We work with you to validate product milestones, processes, business cases and ultimately, return on investment.

Digital services

Our digital services support businesses from research and development right through to cost-effective ‘right-first-time’ prototyping in CAM and communications solutions.

Use LIDAR and comms scans of key sections of the MFM route.

Conduct advanced user-in-the-loop and CAV software testing in key sectors of the route available in our fully immersive 3xD simulator.

Generate and experiment with your own virtual scenarios for specific CAM verification and validation.

Get support with Human-Machine Interface and development of new features.

Undertake cyber security testing for vulnerabilities and resilience.

Get data analytics support to collect the right data and process it to get the answers you need.

Get leading support on connectivity development (e.g. 5G, WiFi and so on) for external and automotive environments.

Physical test environment

Access a uniquely diverse public test environment with smart monitoring and the latest wireless connectivity to trial new CAM systems and mobility services on real roads, with support from our experts in safety, legislation, Government approvals and highway operations.

Run and record demonstrations of connected and autonomous systems on real roads, across highways, urban, suburban and rural routes.

Plan testing with the exact features you need from our extensive feature database.